Milk-can



(No Model.)

D. H. PLIEHR.

MILK (JAN.

No. 391,039. Patented Oct. 16, 1888.

N. PETERS. Photoulncgrzpbar. Wzshingmn. D.C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFF CE.

DANIEL H. FLIEHR, OF GOOPERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

MlLK-CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 391,039, dated October 16, 1888.

Application tiled March 27, 1888. Serial No. 268,695. (No model.)

To (tZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DANIEL H. FLIEHR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Coopersburg,in the county of Lehigh, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Milk-Cans, of which the following is aspecification, reference being bad therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in milk cans, and more particularly to the neck port-ion thereof.

It is well known among persons engaged in the handling of milk-cans that, owing to the rough, usage they necessarily receive and numerous other causes, the neck portion of the can, and particularly the mouth, is the first to show wear, and is the first to render the can unfit for use. This is often the case while the remainder of the can is comparatively in good condition. This unfitness for use renders itself apparent by the can neck and mouth be coming flattened and thrown out of a true circle, thus making it difiieult to insert and withdraw the can cover, and when inserted said cover will bind against the same at some of its points of contact, while at other points the cover will not come in contact with the neck at all. Such faults permit of the escape of milk during the handling and shipping of the can, and also prevent the desired air-tight joint being formed between the cover and canneck, thus aiding in the souring of the milk and rendering it nnsalable and unfit for use.

The main objects, therefore, of my invention are to overcome these existing disadvantages, and while not adding to the weight or cost of the can, yet to form the same with astiff rigid neck and mouth, and one that will retain its form and utility.

Other objrcts and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is aside elevation of a milkan neck constructed in accordance with my improvement, the lower portion or can-body being omitted; and Fig. 2 is.

a vertical section, in, detail, on the line .10 0c of Fig. 2.

Like letters indicate like parts in both figures of the drawings.

1 represents the can-ncck, which is tapered in the ordinary manner, the two vertical edges of which are riveted, as at 2, in the usual manner.

In the manufacture of my can I place over the neck, near its upper edge and before the month is formed, as hereinafter described, two or, it may be, more heavy wire bands or loops, 3 4, one above the other and a slight distance apart. In this instance I have formed the loops independent, as this is a preferred form, and I may solder them to the neck to retain them snugly in position. After the bands 3 4 are in positiomthe stock projecting above the same is flared outwardly and bent down and over the first or upper band and beaded under the same, as at 5, so that the band is entirely embraced by the stock. At this point the beaded portion may be soldered to the neck of the can. The metal or stock is then in a similar manner, by suitable metal-working tools, bent around and made to embrace the next succeeding band, 4, and, if it be the last of the series, terminates, as at 6, by being tucked or inserted snugly under the same and in contact with the neck, at which point it may be again soldered. If desired, and as shown in Fig. 2, the metal on the inside of the can-neck may, by suitable tools, he inwardly curved or bent, as at 7. By this construction an extremely rigid can neck and mouth is formed, and one that will retain its shape and afford a tightjoint at all times.

I am aware that a single band of wire has been employed for this purpose, and I do not, broadly, claim the same; but, aside from a mere duplication of this wire and its naturally resultant strength, the stock of the can is so disposed and worked as to add materially and furnish a strong serviceable neck and mouth. Having described my invention,what I claim is I 1. A can-neck provided with a series of encircling bands or hoops of wire independent of each other and soldered to the can, substantially as specified.

2. The can-neck 1, having the independent bands or hoops of wire34soldered in position thereon, and having the stock bent to embrace said bands, as at 5 6, and soldered to the canneck at those contact-points, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL H. FLIEHR.

Witnesses:

J. H. BOSSERT, JOHN B. GAOKENBAOH. 

